Crossbow



26, 1957 R. M. SILEO 2,814;284

' CROSSBOW Filed Jul 20, 1954 INVENTOR R0000 M. SILEO ATTORNEYS UnitedStates Patent CROSSBOW Rocco M. Sileo, Stamford, Conn.

Application July 20, 1954, Serial No. 444,537

2 Claims. (Cl. 124-25) This invention relates generally to a bowgun.More specifically, my invention concerns a combination guide andsighting element adapted to be used with or without a barrel on abowgun.

An object of my invention is to provide a bowgun which may beinexpensively manufactured and easily assembled.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combination barrel clampand sighting element for a bow gun of inexpensive and simpleconstruction.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combination arrow guideand sighting element to be used on a bowgun.

I accomplish these and other objects by providing a combination guideand sight for use in a bowgun, comprising a plate member having anintermediate, upwardly arched portion and horizontal members extendingfrom said arched portion, and a sighting element secured to said archedportion and extending upwardly therefrom.

Further, I provide in a bowgun having a stock, a plate member positionedon the horizontal top side of said stock, said plate member havinghorizontally extending portions in the same plane and an intermediateupwardly arched portion, and a sighting element secured to the archedportion and extending upwardly therefrom.

I further provide a barrel adapted to be positioned along the horizontaltop side of said bowgun and adapted to be held securely in place by saidplate member.

In addition I provide a bowgun comprising a stock, said stock having alongitudinal groove along its top portion and a notch in its frontportion, a barrel positioned in said groove, a plate member having anintermediate upwardly arched portion adapted to engage over said barrelto secure the barrel to the stock, a sighting element secured to saidarched portion and projecting upwardly therefrom; a bow, including abowstring, positioned in said notch, a clamping plate having anintermediate arched portion and horizontal flange portion adapted toengage over said bow to secure the bow to the stock, and a triggermechanism adapted to be engageable with said bowstring.

The foregoing and further provisions will be seen in the attacheddrawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bowgun;

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the bowgun Without a barrel;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the guide or barrel clamp and sightingelement; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the bow-clamping plate.

The stock of the bowgun shown in Fig. 1 is designated as 10. Stock has agroove 12 running along its longitudinal top side or top portion 14.

Barrel 16 is positioned in groove 12 and held firmly in place by thecombination barrel clamp and sighting element 18. One or more of theseclamps 18 may be used as desired. Barrel 16 has a notched portion 17 forreceiving the bowstring 20 when it is disengaged from the triggermechanism 28.

The how 22 is positioned at its central portion in a notch 24 in thevertical end or front face 25 of stock 10.

Patented Nov. 26, 1957 The bow-clamping plate 26 as seen in Figs. 1 and2 is adapted to engage over the bow to securely clamp the bow 22 to thestock 10.

The trigger mechanism 28 having trigger 30 is preferably like that shownin the U. S. Patent 785,050 to Saunders and forms no part of the presentinvention. Any type of bowgun trigger mechanism can be usedsatisfactorily.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing is shown a modification of my device. It willbe seen that the barrel clamp 18 positioned over groove 12 now serves asan arrow guide. In the same manner as in the Fig. 1 showing, a pluralityof arrow guides 32 may be used. In this modification the barrel member16 is omitted.

Fig. 3 of the drawing shows an enlarged view of the combination barrelclamp or arrow guide and sighting element or plate broadly designated as18. The element comprises an intermediate upwardly projecting archedportion 32 which may, of course, be of any desired crosssectional shapesuch as square, inverted U or V, but is preferably semi-circular. Flangeportions 34 extend from said arched portion and have holes 36 thereinfor fastening the clamp 18 to the stock 10 with screws or other suitablefasteners. The sight 38 is either made integral with the clamp 18 or iswelded or secured thereto by other suitable means.

The bow-clamping plate is shown in an enlarged view in Fig. 4 anddesignated broadly as 26. This clamping plate 26 has an intermediateupwardly arched portion 40 to fit the bow 22 and hold it firmly to stock10. Flange portions 42 extend from the intermediate portion 40 and haveholes 44 therein for fastening, as with nails or screws.

In the preferred construction, the stock, sights, and clamps arepreferably integral and made in one piece of molded plastic. However,these parts may be made separately if desired, and of any suitablematerials.

The preferred form of my invention as shown and described in thepreceding specification is capable of obvious modification within thescope of my invention. Therefore, I claim:

1. A bowgun, comprising a generally flat stock, having parallel verticalsides and a vertical front face, said front face being provided with ahorizontal recess, a bow seated in said recess, a clamp provided with anarched central portion, engageable over the bow and with terminalflanges adapted to be secured to said front face of the stock, the topedge of the stock being provided with a longitudinal arrow-receivinggroove, a pair of horizontally spaced, inverted-U-shaped members securedto the top edge of the stock and bridging across said arrow-receivinggroove and adapted to serve as guides for an arrow, each of saidinverted-U-shaped members being provided with an upwardly extendingsight, a bowstring carried by said bow, and a releasable trigger in thebow adjacent the rear end of said top groove of the stock.

2. The combination of claim 1, further including an arrow-receiving tubeseated in said longitudinal groove in the top of the stock, said tubebeing held in place by said horizontally spaced, inverted-U-shapedmembers.

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